The Gift Of Time(Shame)

Half way there

I've been working on this for a while, the preparatory sketch, preliminary studies, reference, etc...Strangely I haven't grown a bit of fatigue over the subject. Whatever it is keeping me going is forcing me to deal with issues, painting issues, anatomy issues... If I choose to escape the problems, they will pass on to the next generation of problems. I wish I could just go out and buy a sports car whenever there is a problem, take the easy way out. Unfortunately life doesn't work that way, and even if it does for some people, can you imagine the kind of coward, lazy, spoiled, crippled minded weak creature we would become in the habit of doing that?

If we all get to choose...

Some parents prefer not to know the sex of the baby before it's born, some can't wait to find out. What if we get to choose the baby? What if the baby get to choose between us and "Fairy Odd Parents"? As much as I don't want to say this, it would be REALLY cool to be raised by "Fairy Odd Parents" :)

They say "This version of the Jingle Bell will MELT YOUR mind"..

Watch it with a good posture so when you mind melts it doesn't spill :)>

Good Radiance! Alcoholic Primates Are Wild!

In the Caribbean, Vervet Monkeys have developed a taste for alcohol and can regularly be spotted stealing cocktails from humans on the beach. Brilliant wildlife video from BBC animal show 'Weird Na... Have to see this, this is hilarious!(thanks BBC!) It's strikingly similar to the alcoholic people in our society, except these primates don't attend meetings or pretend to feel ashamed, they love slurping that Rum&Coke and Caribbean wine. It's so funny to see a family of them getting trashed and tumbling around, great role models:D

"向红色敬礼" (work in progress)

One week from Christmas time...

Best wishes to all and hope life is better next year!
The best gift to me, of course, is from those who unintentionally gave and made it impassible to take it back. I will most certainty cherish and make the best of it alone :>

Have you SUFFERED any of these? LOL!

Saw this on the inter-web...Thought it's pretty funny")

The Newborn

I am in love with Earthy Palette now!:) As much as I hate dealing with local colors (and the fact that they are utterly confusing) I am learning to build the logic of paint without trying to carry reality onto the canvas.

Recent Ink Wash Works

Bei-Jing roasted duck, the conspiracy theory...

PETA should definitively be investigating this.

Going green!

Graduate School--Huh?

While there are many great schools and great MFA programs in the States, (here's a list of the popular schools that offer MFA in painting, and have great gallery connections).
PAFA/Tyler/UPenn/UD/Yale/Chicago Art Institute/Indianan School of Fine Arts(SOFA) There are also excellent MFA outside of the country: SLADE, Chelsea College of Art & Design , Royal Academy in England, Beaux-Arts in Paris.
In addition, I recommend to check out this if you are planning on applying for Tyler School of Arts.
Life may sometimes slow you down, but it should never stop one from pursuing dreams:) I will expand the list as I come across more information.

Au revoir, cadmium! Au revoir, Turpenoid!

My palette is undergoing a slight transition (behold-) from orange-cadmium to umber-earthy. Frankly I am not use to it; I love cadmiums:( I am also banned from using any Turpetine or similar product, no big deal. The final painting is going slow but steady, still having lots of questions and areas waiting to be resolved. I like painting on the bigger plane scale, but they make such a headache to care for during any move (Can't wait to deal with it already, Alas!)
For anyone who's looking to apply to grad schools, I'm writing a little something about local grad schools and some foreign MFA programs, portfolio requirements, deadlines,etc. I will post it soon. Since grad school is no longer on my primary agenda for the time being, I can at least contribute some effort by putting together a bulletin of information to help some of you out there, confused and frustrated.